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New Member
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Wondering if anyone knows of a program that lists some (or possibly close to all) of the coins in cherrypickers' and/or strike it rich with pocket change. Thinking of a program that would possibly automate the searching process (especially helpful when working with children (or in my case grandchildren) and helping them see the fun in collecting). so the user might select 1959, Lincoln Cent, Denver mint mark and receive a list of possible errata for that coin. |
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Pillar of the Community
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Why not just purchase the books, they're well worth the money...
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New Member
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We already do own the books (Cherrypickers' & Strike it Rich) but as I am sure your can appreciate, convincing a youngster to use a 'book' ("Why do they still make these things grandpa"? To humor your Grandpa - hush now and let's find this coin"!) only works for so long and a simple (though admittedly sizable!) Database or excel spreadsheet (with imported pictures) or heck even a word document (with hyperlinks of course!) would I think make the job a bit more doable!
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Valued Member
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 Mc Taz Wow! You have really have been thinking on how to get the youngsters into the hobby. All this insight from a Grand Pa? Nice! It's all about money, pun intended. If they can sell the program it will get out there. It would be nice of there was some freeware out there. |
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Bedrock of the Community
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New Member
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I can (and likely will) do just that but was just wondering if anyone else had seen / used something like it that was already out there.
Looks like I may have my next few weeks cut out for me!
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New Member
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As a side note - I have asked a few of the larger associated software companies (with coin managing software) if they have / would support / or would allow me to integrate something like this - not one has, would or was interested and again, based on my (admittedly somewhat limited) research I think I may have my work cut out for me.
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Rest in Peace
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I think it would be a handy tool. The books will always have space limitations. But they own the photos.
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New Member
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Looks like I am going to try to start with excel ~ I am not a database programmer and am thinking it would take a few days to figure out how to write it and then to figure out the forms etc., etc.,
The only drawback I can see right now is the photos - it looks like excel will only do a link to the photo (in a cell) versus the photo itself.
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Rest in Peace
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Just a thought --
I don't think you need a database. If I understand your original post - what you want is all the information from all the books in one place, along with any new information that you might find on the web or on your own.
A database would give you the ability to reorganize the data by whatever you choose but if you don't need to do that, you could just create a document with or without photos.
You could add to it anytime you like. You could create several documents and skip the photos but just write in the information -- like 'obverse die crack at 3 o'clock'.
It would still be a lot of work, but I think it would be useful for the newer coins because the books are not up to date.
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Bedrock of the Community
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Another, possibly easier, thing to try it is to contact Whitman Publishing and suggest they put those on computer DVD or CD or something like that. Whitman Publishing makes the CherryPickers Guide books. If they use your suggestion, they may give you a copy for a discount price.  |
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Rest in Peace
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just carl, that is a good idea.
I expect they will produce an ebook soon. It would be better to buy the ebook once and subscribe to updates. It costs a lot to print and ship books and I can't help but think that 80% of of any new edition is the same as the old edition.
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Posted 07/21/2012 11:15 am
